---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mississippi Telephone Solicitation Act; transfer enforcement authority to Attorney General's office."
description: "Mississippi Telephone Solicitation Act; transfer enforcement authority to Attorney General's office."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1225"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1225 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Energy", "Public Utilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bounds"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-16T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-21T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad69705d-5ba1-4b64-9f4d-8efcf6edfbb1"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/House_authors/Bounds.xml"
source_hash: "2e07b7c5856046f7e28b12147ce9214c9142a62ba02f1d38e77082e6cd79e9b5"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ms"]
---

# Mississippi HB 1225 (2023) — Mississippi Telephone Solicitation Act; transfer enforcement authority to Attorney General's office.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/1200-1299/HB1225IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/ham/HB1225_H_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 1225** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB1225.pdf)
4. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/1200-1299/HB1225PS.htm)
5. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/sam/HB1225_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
6. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/1200-1299/HB1225SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **115–2** (pass) · lower
- Concurrence in Amendment From Senate — **114–3** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **52–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bounds — primary (person)
- Stamps — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Public Utilities `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2023-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Energy `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2023-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2023-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From Senate
- **2023-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2023-03-15T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2023-03-21T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ad69705d-5ba1-4b64-9f4d-8efcf6edfbb1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).